Silverado (1985)

Silverado
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Release Date	10 July 1985
Budget	$26,000,000
US Box Office	$33,000,000
Tagline	Get ready for the ride of your life.
Genre	Action, Western
Country	USA
Filming Locations	Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA
Language	English
Sound Mix	70 mm 6-Track, Dolby
Color	Color
Film Type	Feature
Film Class	Revisionist Western, Ensemble Film
Mood	Memory Lane
Themes	Unlikely Heroes, Vigilantes
Tones	Atmospheric, Bright, Easygoing, Lavish, Rousing, Sweeping, Upbeat
Tags	Altruism, Corruption, Cowboy, Deputy, Friendship, Gambling, Gunfighter, Justice, Mercenary, Rescue, Revenge, Sheriff, Shoot Out, Showdown, Town, Wild West

Silverado is a 1985 American Western film produced and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. The screenplay was written by Kasdan and his brother Mark Kasdan. The film depicts a chance encounter between a group of cowboys who travel to the town of Silverado, where they thwart the plans of a rancher and a corrupt sheriff. It features an ensemble cast, including Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, John Cleese, and Brian Dennehy.

Cast and Crew

Cast

Kevin Kline

Paden

Scott Glenn

Emmett

Kevin Costner

Jake

Danny Glover

Malachi 'Mal' Johnson

Marvin J. McIntyre

Clerk at cavalry outpost

Sheb Wooley

Cavalry Sergeant

Jon Kasdan

Boy at Outpost

John Cleese

Sheriff John T. Langston

Todd Allen

Turley Deputy Kern

Kenny Call

Turley Deputy Block

Bill Thurman

Carter

Meg Kasdan

Barmaid at Sang's Saloon

Dick Durock

Turley Bar Fighter

Gene Hartline

Turley Bar Fighter

Autry Ward

Hat Thief

Jake Kasdan

Turley Stable Boy

Rosanna Arquette

Hannah

Rusty Meyers

Conrad

Zeke Davidson

Mr. Parker

Lois Geary

Mrs. Parker

James Gammon

Dawson

Troy Ward

Nord Baxter

Roy McAdams

Tom Hawley

Brian Dennehy

Sheriff Cobb

Linda Hunt

Stella

Jeff Goldblum

'Slick' Calvin Stanhope

Ray Baker

Ethan McKendrick

Joe Seneca

Ezra Johnson

Lynn Whitfield

Rae Johnson

Jeff Fahey

Deputy Tyree

Patricia Gaul

Kate Hollis

Amanda Wyss

Phoebe

Earl Hindman

J.T. Hollis

Thomas Wilson Brown

Augie Hollis

Jim Haynie

Bradley

Richard Jenkins

Kelly

Jerry Biggs

Bartender, Midnight Star Saloon

Sam Gauny

Deputy Garth

Ken Farmer

Deputy Kyle

Bill McIntosh

Deputy Charlie

Charles Seybert

Silverado shopkeeper

Jane Beauchamp

Neighbor Woman

Jerry Block

Townsman

Ben Zeller

Townsman

Pepe Serna

Scruffy

Ted White

Hoyt

Ross Loney

Red

Walter Scott

Swann

Bob Terhune

Guard Cowboy

Mark Kasdan

Doc Skinner

Matthew Hotsinpiller

Townsperson

Brion James

Hobart

Richard Lester

Saloon patron

Director

Lawrence Kasdan

Writer

Lawrence Kasdan

Mark Kasdan

Producer

Michael Grillo

executive producer

Lawrence Kasdan

producer

Mark Kasdan

associate producer

Charles Okun

executive producer

Original Music

Bruce Broughton

Cinematographer

John Bailey

Editor

Carol Littleton

Casting Director

Wallis Nicita

Production Designer

Ida Random

Art Director

William A. Elliott

Set Decorator

Anne D. McCulley

Arthur Jeph Parker

Costume Designer

Kristi Zea

Makeup Department

Lynda Gurasich

hair stylist

Jerry O'Dell

makeup artist

Kim Samson

hair stylist

Daniel C. Striepeke

makeup artist

Production Manager

David Hamburger

unit production manager

Charles Okun

production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Carey Dietrich

dga trainee

Stephen P. Dunn

second assistant director

Michael Grillo

first assistant director

Margaret Nelson

second second assistant director

Art Department

Steven Lee Baer

drapery person

Larry Clark Bird

property master

Chas. Butcher

set designer

Robert J. Carlyle

construction foreman

Gary Deaton

general construction foreman

Gerald Gates Jr.

painter

Darrell Huntsman

greensman

Peter Ivy

general construction foreman

Janet Kusnick

illustrator

Moe Larson

painter

Bob Lawless

stand-by painter

Randy Martens

greensman

Richard McKenzie

set designer

Clarence Lynn Price

construction coordinator

Robert H. Sexton

labor foreman

Randy Szucs

labor foreman

Michael Taylor

leadperson

Vinnie Vecchio

assistant property master

David Wagnon

swing gang

Ken Zimmerman

assistant property master

Charles A. Carlsen

propmaker

Jim Hill

gang boss

Cecily Hughes

set dresser

Randy Moffitt

propmaker

Billy Ray

propmaker

Sound Department

George H. Anderson

dialogue editor

Robert Crosby

boom operator

Samuel C. Crutcher

dialogue editor

Dody Dorn

foley editor

Dennis Drummond

sound effects editor

Patrick Drummond

sound effects editor

Joe Fineman

dialogue editor

Robert Grieve

supervising sound editor

John Hoeren

assistant sound editor

Rick Kline

sound re-recording mixer

Cliff Latimer

foley editor

Reid Paul Martin

assistant sound editor

Thomas Meloeny

sound re-recordist

Donald O. Mitchell

sound re-recording mixer

David Moritz

apprentice sound editor

Kevin O'Connell

sound re-recording mixer

David M. Ronne

production sound mixer

Robert Scarborough

cable person

Norman B. Schwartz

post-production dialogue

James Simcik

adr assistant

Karen I. Stern

adr editor

Pamela Jule Yuen

assistant sound editor

John Roesch

foley artist

Donald C. Rogers

technical director of sound

Special Effects

Roy Arbogast

special effects foreman

Robert W. Ramage

special effects

Floyd Van Wey

special effects

Dick Wood

special effects

Stunts

John Ashby

stunts

Roy Bonner

stunts

Clay Boss

stunts

May Boss

stunts

Buff Brady

stunts

Dan Doucette

stunts

Richard Epper

stunts

Stephanie Epper

stunts

Evelyn Finley

stunts

Cindy Folkerson

stunts

Jerry Gatlin

stunt coordinator

Dawn Grant

stunts

David M. Graves

stunts

Clifford Happy

stunts

Eddie Hice

stunts

Bonnie Hock

stunts

Candy Hoskins

stunts

Robert Jauregui

stunts

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw

stunts

Walt La Rue

stunts

Clay M. Lilley

stunts

Mike H. McGaughy

stunts

Rod McGaughy

stunts

Sean A. McGaughy

stunts

Bobby McLaughlin

stunts

Lewis Dale Meador

stunts

Shelly Peterson

stunts

Jeff Ramsey

stunts

Bruce Randall

stunts

Jackie Resch

stunts

Ben Scott

stunts

John-Clay Scott

stunts

Al Simon

stunts

John Tatum

stunts

R.L. Tolbert

stunts

Rock A. Walker

stunts

Russell Wallraven

stunts

Mike Watson

stunts

Walter Wyatt

stunts

Steven Burnett

stunts

Autry Ward

stunts

Troy Ward

stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Lou Barlia

camera operator

Jeff Butters

lamp operator

Michael Franz

lamp operator

John R. Hamilton

still photographer

Leslie Hill

first assistant camera

Dustin A. Huber

best boy electric

Christopher Ishii

second assistant camera

Mako Koiwai

first assistant camera

Al LaVerde

key grip

Kenneth Lee

gang boss

Ronald W. McLeish

chief lighting technician

Rudy Pohlert

lamp operator

John Powers

grip

James O. Schori

generator operator

George R. Schrader

dolly grip

Ty Suehiro

best boy grip

Clemente Tarin

lamp operator

Ronald Viveros

grip

Richard Walden

camera operator

Susan Walsh

first assistant camera

Charles A. Carlsen

grip

Casting Department

Liz Keigley

location casting

Gail Levin

casting assistant

Shari Rhodes

location casting

Stacey Rhodes

location casting assistant

Celeste Gose

extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Le Dawson

wardrobe: men

Oda Groeschel

wardrobe: women

Jennifer L. Parsons

costumer: women

Nicola Rizzi

tailor

G. Tony Scarano

costumer: men

Steve Shubin

wardrobe: men

Editorial Department

Donah Bassett

negative cutter

Bruce Cannon

first assistant film editor

Nancy Cipes

post-production assistant

Raúl Dávalos

assistant editor

Julie Feiner

assistant film editor

Joan Giammarco

first assistant film editor

Mia Goldman

second film editor

Robert Raring

color timer

Mitchell Sinoway

assistant film editor

Music Department

Chris Boardman

orchestrator

Gene Feldman

music editor

Erma E. Levin

music editor

Don Nemitz

orchestrator

Armin Steiner

music scoring mixer

Tommy Johnson

musician: tuba soloist

Transportation Department

James E. Foote

transportation coordinator

Frank Tremonti

transportation captain

John M. Woodward

transportation captain

Tom Britt

production driver

Billy Kaundart

driver

Other Crew

Todd J. Adelman

first aid

Pamela Alch

script supervisor

Bill Bennett

terra-flite operator

Kirk Borcherding

production accountant

Billy Brashier

projectionist

Bethany Brown

assistant production accountant

Delia Circelli

production coordinator

Nan R. Eisley

assistant: Lawrence Kasdan

Wayne Fitzgerald

title designer

Booth Gallett

local production contact

Mary Cay Hollander

production coordinator

Rob Hummel

contact: Technicolor

David Israel

location manager

Andrew Miller

production office assistant

Scott Musgrave

production assistant

Arvo Ojala

technical gun coach

Corky Randall

livestock coordinator

B.J. Smith

first aid

Susan Trembly

unit publicist, project manager

Ron Weber

craft service